Sound right?

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/posts/list.m?start=30&topic_id=749242

who would want to work on the nge anyway.

what $OE needs to do is hire koster and the old devs back and give us back our pre-cu system.

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

who would want to work on the nge anyway.

what $OE needs to do is hire koster and the old devs back and give us back our pre-cu system.

That would be "too little too late" by now. Just toss the game in garbage bin and let some other company that actually knows how to make good games do a new one.

Wow they have 10?  Would've thought that they had one or two part timers that were still in JC the way that game has gone :P

That means they cut the dev team in half since last year (when they announced they had 20 people on the team).  I have to assume it also means the developers can now address player concerns twice as fast, since the team is now twice as agile as they were last year (when the small number of dev team members was claimed to be a good thing because it meant they were better able to quickly respond to player concerns).

Where SWG is concerned, the more SOE and LEC cut costs, it is somehow a magical thing that means things are getting better.  I know this because the folks at SOE have said so...

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

who would want to work on the nge anyway.

what $OE needs to do is hire koster and the old devs back and give us back our pre-cu system.

Imo Koster is way too smart, and way too ethical to ever work for Smed again.   Remember he left partly because of the NGE scam, and he has been openly critical as what he has referred to as totalitarian moderation of discussion forums.  He saw what SWG was becoming under Smed's watch, and left with his ethics and dignity intact, and I applaud him for taking this stand.

He has more recently weighed in on the whole virtual property issue, lending his voice to support consumer rights.  Way to go Raph.  Here's a guy who sees what's going down, calls it as he sees it, takes action, and even remains respectful of those he disagrees with.  Truly a class act.

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

who would want to work on the nge anyway.

Kids just out of school that need a stepping stone to a real job.

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Originally posted by iwantmyswg
who would want to work on the nge anyway.
what $OE needs to do is hire koster and the old devs back and give us back our pre-cu system.

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Originally posted by pdxgeek

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Originally posted by iwantmyswg

who would want to work on the nge anyway.

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Kids just out of school that need a stepping stone to a real job.

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SOE has always said they want to keep a 1:100 Dev to player ratio.

JK, but it wouldn't surprise me if that is all they have left. I mean look at how long the NGE has been out, and it still is in a beta state.

Originally posted by pdxgeek

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

who would want to work on the nge anyway.

Kids just out of school that need a stepping stone to a real job.

Or people who need the xp to get a job as a used car saleman, collection agent, White House spokesperson, or any other job that you need to be really good at lying to get.

Umm no what they need to do is FIRE SMEDLEY. Jeezus fuckin christ he's the one that ruined everyrthing. He expressed very enthusiastically how he doesn't care about the opinions and concerns made on their forums, because he knows ALL the people who enjoy the game are too busy to voice their concerns on teh forums. And said the forum community is only a insignificant fraction of the player base.  Also, you go through several dev teams, replacing dev after dev, chances are, after continuing SIMILAR problems after years and years of work, with different people, it's got to be management. I hate that guy.

Why would they fire Smedley?  Since he's taken over SOE's profits have increased.  He may be bad for gamers but he's pretty astute when it comes to business.  And as long as SOE makes more money with him than without him they don't give a shit what anyone else thinks, or what their company image, is etc.

Originally posted by lkavadas

Why would they fire Smedley?  Since he's taken over SOE's profits have increased.  He may be bad for gamers but he's pretty astute when it comes to business.  And as long as SOE makes more money with him than without him they don't give a shit what anyone else thinks, or what their company image, is etc.

Got any evidence to back up that claim?

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

who would want to work on the nge anyway.

what $OE needs to do is hire koster and the old devs back and give us back our pre-cu system.

It would be like boasting you were one of the people who started WW3.....

half of them are interns

Originally posted by Esquire1980

Sound right?

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/posts/list.m?start=30&topic_id=749242

Honestly, I was under the impression they were down to 6 or so...

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

who would want to work on the nge anyway.

what $OE needs to do is hire koster and the old devs back and give us back our pre-cu system.

Did you forget that Koster and Company coded the CU under orders from LA?

Or that they wrote the NGE under orders from LA?

Or that the whiners here need to grow up.

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Originally posted by Fishermage

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Originally posted by lkavadas

Why would they fire Smedley?  Since he's taken over SOE's profits have increased.  He may be bad for gamers but he's pretty astute when it comes to business.  And as long as SOE makes more money with him than without him they don't give a shit what anyone else thinks, or what their company image, is etc.

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Got any evidence to back up that claim?

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Originally posted by hipiap

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

who would want to work on the nge anyway.

what $OE needs to do is hire koster and the old devs back and give us back our pre-cu system.

Did you forget that Koster and Company coded the CU under orders from LA? NOPE

 

Or that they wrote the NGE under orders from LA? NOPE

 

Or that the whiners here need to grow up. NEVER!!

lol thats like 2 devs for every player